Rio de Janeiro Sees Thefts Decline, but Homicides Increase
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Data released yesterday (August 14th) by the Institute of Public...
August 15, 2018Topic
homicides
Brazil Registers Record 63,880 Homicides in 2017
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Public Security Forum released data on violent...
August 10, 2018
Rio de Janeiro Registers Spike in Violence in February 2017
Data shows increased homicide rates and record auto theft rates for the month, while decrease in arrests.
March 29, 2017
Rio State Registers 15 Homicides Per Day in November
From January through November, there were 4.572 homicides in the state, with an increase seen in police killing citizens and...
December 23, 2016
Study Shows Brazil Among Leaders in Child Homicides
Survey states that that twenty-nine children and teenagers were murdered per day in Brazil in 2013.
June 30, 2016
Homicides in Rio de Janeiro Spike 38.9 Percent Since 2015
In April 2015 there were 339 reported in Rio de Janeiro, compared to April 2016 with 471 reported homicides, a...
May 24, 2016
Study Finds Black Brazilians Killed by Gunfire 2.5 More than Whites
The 'Map of Violence' report shows that shows that in all more than 42.4 thousand lives were lost in 2012...
May 14, 2015
Number of Murders in Rio for February is Lowest Since 1991
The murder rate in Rio de Janeiro state has fallen 55.74 percent since February 1991, the first year this data...
March 21, 2015
December Street Robberies Increased by 12.5% in Rio
In Rio for the month of December 2014, reported street robberies increased 12.5 percent from 2013, while reported homicides fell...
January 24, 2015